{"id":6916,"date":"2025-01-23T16:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:06:23","slug":"blog-interview-cedric-hanriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/blog-interview-cedric-hanriot\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog interview: Cedric Hanriot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5uBobFsJMiYl6QeqEgqGVp?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-2048x1638.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cedric-Hanriot-Band-75x60.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>Hello Cedric how are you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m great, really excited to release my new album &#8220;A Luminous World &#8211; Time is Color Vol.2&#8221; in a week !<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations on the release of A Luminous World Vol. 2 how does it feel?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>I&#8217;m happy to share this new music with the world. It&#8217;s a very unique album &#8211; something I have not done before in my carreer.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the story behind it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main theme of the album is spirituality and quantum physics &#8211; 2 sides of the same coin. I wanted with this album to deliver some important messages like the universal connection between all of us, also the fact that a situation can be seen in many different ways etc.<\/p>\n<p>Also I wanted to make a record whose focus would be the voice: spoken words, rap and vocals melodies. As a pianist\/instrumentalist I have made albums with other instrumentalists and with sometimes some vocals but the voice was never the focus of the music.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to have different vocalists\/rappers\/poets\/singers and also I wanted the songs to be shorts, more like pop song format.<\/p>\n<p>So i first wrote the music with those parameters in mind and then\u00a0I gave the message I wanted to express for each tune to the vocalist so he\/she could write something accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s part of a larger body of work, your new album, what\u2019s your favourite track from it?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Difficult to give one favourite track as they are all different.\u00a0<br \/>For different reasons I&#8217;d say EGO CHASE and LA SOURCE<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re a French jazz multi instrumentalist, how did it begin for you?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For as long as I remember I have always been moved by music, either hearing music on radio or tv or movie theater. It&#8217;s something I can&#8217;t explain but music has a magic effect on me, almost like a healing effect. I did Electrical Engineering studies and got a Master&#8217;s Degree and meanwhile started playing music in bands when I was about 17 &#8211; from scratch. Back then I learned music by transcribing. <br \/>And after 8 years I was lucky to get a Fulbright grant that allowed me to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA &#8211; this is where i got my formal education and connected with teachers and other students. That experience has had a huge impact on my international career and led me to work with people like Dianne Reeves, Terri Lyne Carrington and Herbie Hancock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you listen to starting out?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chanson Fran\u00e7aise, David Bowie, Joe Cocker, Nirvana, Van Halen, Tangerine Dream.<br \/>Then I discovered jazz in my teens thanks to a older friend and another friend made me discover classical music then also.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You have played on projects by a who\u2019s who of incredible artists, what\u2019s one pinch me moment for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many, but one of the first was when i recorded my first album under my name &#8220;French Stories&#8221; with Terri Lyne Carrington and John Patitucci, it was August 25, 2009. At the break they called Wayne Shorter to wish him a Happy Birthday, and I was witnessing their love for him and their lovely conversation. It was a beautiful moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The most prominent instrument on this track is the piano, how do you like to warm up before a session?<\/strong><br \/><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>I try to practice every day, I have my own routine including some technical exercices, harmony, improvisation, rhythm etc<\/p>\n<p>So when I get to a recording session I feel I&#8217;m prepared and just need to play some scales\/arpeggio to be warmed up. I don&#8217;t like to play too much before a session to let the spontaneity take cover when it&#8217;s rolling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Being a piano player who are your top 3?<\/strong><br \/><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Again it&#8217;s so difficult to give only 3 names.<\/p>\n<p>I have a special &#8211; almost healing connection with Herbie Hancock&#8217;s music and playing &#8211; and I have been lucky to be in regular contact with him for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Mehldau is a giant also, bringing the richness of classical piano textures to the world of jazz amongst many other things.<\/p>\n<p>Errol Garner&#8217;s playing and positive attitude is also very inspiring &#8211; so great to watch and hear him play, so modern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favourite piece to play?<\/strong><br \/><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Depends on my mood, it can be a Bach piece or full improvisation or a jazz standard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong><br \/><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>French hip hop &#8211; as i&#8217;d love to collaborate more with French young hip hop artists. I feel that we have a lot of great young artists and we need to expose them more.<\/p>\n<p>I am rediscovering McCoy Tyner&#8217;s discography. He&#8217;s another giant of the piano !<i><br \/><\/i><br \/><strong>What 3 things are you looking forward to doing in 2025?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The release concerts in Paris and London<\/p>\n<p>Our tour in China<i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The first recording sessions for Time is color vol3 &#8211; to be released in late 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Cedric how are you?\u00a0 I&#8217;m great, really excited to release my new album &#8220;A Luminous World &#8211; Time is Color Vol.2&#8221; in a week ! Congratulations on the release of A Luminous World Vol. 2 how does it feel?\u00a0 I&#8217;m happy to share this new music with the world. 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